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Canzano: Questions arise for Pac-12 programs WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM Some Monday thoughts...

Thanks again Daze for another fun article. Very entertaining! Loved the take on the Slurps and the Mopes at Miami. You've done a superb job explaining the definition of the word 'corch' and MC's connectivity to that word. MC excelled as a recruiter and brought a supporting cast who recruited well. As a HC he had flaws. Not going to rehash what you already mentioned in your article and other fellow OBD members have mentioned here on those flaws. Though OBD pointed out the infractions of these flaws during his time at Oregon, we patiently hoped MC would grow, learn, mature and correct these flaws, potentially become the HC/CEO at Oregon we thought he could become. Unfortunately it seemed he was not willing to change. Majority of the time offense became vanilla and predictable. We are now in the Dan Lanning era! I love so far what I am hearing and seeing about him and his coaching/supporting staff. it's infectious! That you can also see from the players.

Wrinkles for the Irish to consider in their decision making to stay independent or move to the Big 10. Where is all this going to lead to for the Pac-12? For Oregon and Washington and others, the conference will need to be creative, monetary wise, to entice them from getting restless. My own personal feelings, Oregon should push for an easy early exit clause to leave the conference if the Big 10 should come knocking. I agree with Canzano, the conference needs to go slow and only make no-brainer moves when looking to expand the conference. Good read on what the Pac-12 is looking into and considering what their plan might entail for the next contract. Canzano: The price for Notre Dame to turn its back on the Big Ten is set WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM How much do the Irish need to stay independent?

"Lanning's top, all-time movies (with his comments)." Questions and answers segment with Canzano. Canzano: Mailbag deals with Pac-12 football, movies, beer, and NBA expansion WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM Your letters, my answers...

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Hi Daze, Thank you again for an excellent article! I do have high hopes with this new talented coaching staff and the blue chip players at their disposal. I agree what you are saying about Nix. From the stats I read, at Auburn, his junior season was his best output. "Bo Nix played in a total of 10 games. He passed for 2292 yards on 327 attempts and put up a completion percentage of 60.2 for an average of 7.0 yards per attempt with 11 TDs, and allowing 11 sacks, with a QB rating on the year of 88.9. As a runner he logged 52 runs for a total of 268 yards at an average of 5.2 per run." The above was with a poor offensive line protection and players around him that was not as talented as what Oregon will offer. I believe he will improve only because of this reason, as well as not going up against top defensive talented teams in the SEC. This will give Nix his best opportunity, along with a strong front line, this season to improve on those stats. He will have a lot of talented WRs, TEs, and a strong stable of running backs at his disposal. Here's hoping with KD’s offensive schemes in place with Oregon's blue chip talent around Nix, help us obtain that 15th best offense! We will have a very talented defense that will help put our offense in a position to score points. I also believe there will be games this coaching staff will have opportunities to play our talented young QBs. They will give them much needed game time experience on the field. The QBs will actually be developed and nurtured. They are the future along with incoming Dante Moore! Go Ducks, Fly High!

I think my preference would be for Oregon, Washington, Stanford and Cal be invited to the Big 10. Joining UCLA and (USC ). It's hard for me to even mention USC without wanting to "You Know." This would give a 6 team pod or 5 team pod if Cal is not invited in the West. It will provide us the most money per school, in turn will help all sports for each university to survive. I think if the remaining 10 teams are going to galvanize together they should go after SDSU, FSU or UNLV (Tier 1 research school). Las Vegas is a vastly growing city which will prove to be a valuable TV market for the Pac-12 with a footprint in Nevada. Pac-12 has already made Las Vegas the city of choice for championship games in football and basketball. I would go after BYU. I believe if they had a choice of conference they would choose Pac-12 over Big 12. They are strong in athletics and ranked number 21 in academics amongst all universities in the country. They have a strong brand and a big fan base. Pairs well with Utah. Go after Houston, TCU, OSU. This would give us Dallas/Ft Worth and Houston TV market. From what I have read, OSU has a strong alumni fan presence in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. That would give us a footprint in the Pacific, Mountain, Central time zones with a 16 team conference.

I agree, both baseball and softball stay.

Canzano says, "Pac-12 ADs all essentially saying the same thing -- they are galvanized and believe the conference has good options." Curious as to what those options could possibly be? Canzano: Pac-12 AD says remaining conference members have no time for "noise" WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM ADs say they're committed.

If UCLA actually stays in the Pac-12 I would expand. Invite SDSU, BYU, Houston, before Houston and BYU gets tied up with Big 12. Go after Big 12 schools. Invite TCU, TT, OSU, Baylor. If we want to go to 20 schools grab Kansas (basketball) or UNLV or FSU. Or whatever combination works best. Again, If UCLA stays, you will retain the LA market as well as the Bay Area, Seattle, Portland (Oregon's growing national brand), Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake markets. You are pulling in San Diego, Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth TV markets with Baylor right in the heart between Dallas and Houston. Waco is growing. The conference spans across the Pacific, Mountain, Central time zones. Geographically speaking it could still work. Between ESPN, Fox and big streaming medias might muster financial windfall for the schools, make the conference strong enough to gain a place in the playoffs. Again, we'd need as many big TV markets we can grab in these times zones to hopefully muster enough clout. It would bring in around 30 million TV homes. Again, who knows if it would work or be good enough.

Canzano: "Sports world is shifting. Loyalty, tradition and geography don't seem to matter in a new world of revenue and monopolizing the playoff. He wonders what happens to fan interest if large swaths of the Pacific and Mountain Time Zones are shut out of the sport." Canzano: Meaningless football game? Is there such a thing? WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM First-and-10 from a football stadium...

I like what Canzano said about a lot of noise out there about the Pac-12 and realignment. "Just spitballing and trying to stay relevant." Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper, UG football beat reporter Chip Towers is coming to Oregon this weekend. Going to publish a few pieces on Oregon and coach Lanning. Canzano: Georgia launches reconnaissance mission in Oregon WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM Plus... three developments on the Pac-12 front.

I personally would rather have brought one of our young QBs up to be the starter. They have patiently been waiting. I do blame the last regime on not being equip to handle and develop young QBs. So Bo Nix stats for 3 seasons at Auburn overall: 628 CMP out of 1,057 ATT: CMP% AVG 59.5% Total YDS: 7,251, AVG 6.9 Total TDs: 39 Total INT: 16 He has a gunslinger mentality, but is a dual threat QB that can make things happen with his legs and arm. Important in a KD offense, especially if he had to improvise to make things happen out of a broken play, etc. Marcus was very good with this to make a play successful. Maybe with good protection from our experience front line will give him more time to be more calculated in his passing game. Sorry if this might have been already posted. I thought this Bio profile and scouting report was helpful. Talks about his strengths and weaknesses: Bo Nix Quarterback Auburn Scouting Report WWW.NFLDRAFTBUZZ.COM NFL Draft 2023 Scouting report for Auburn Quarterback Bo Nix , Forty yard times, Twitter feeds and Combine Workouts

This is a great write-up about our whole strength and conditioning coaches. Speed is important. What I like is no cookie cutter program. This whole team of coaches builds individual strength and speed workouts for each player based upon the assessments for each individual. Each coach specializes in a particular group and their individuals in that group, zeroing in on their particular needs. Strength and conditioning coach Wilson Love outlines his role in getting the Ducks ready 247SPORTS.COM Strength and conditioning coach Wilson Love outlines his role in getting the Ducks ready

Thank you so much for this article. Having great analyzes about our team and coaches brings a healthy perspective entering into the season.

"it's in the Pac-12's best interest to go slow, allow Big Ten to set the market, and give some other bidders a chance to weigh in." Canzano: There is a singular threat to Pac-12 now -- the Big Ten WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM Pac-12 AD calls Big 12 threat "laughable."

This article is about a good human interest story on perseverance. She loved sports. "Dolores explained that sports contained an abundance of perseverance. There are daily examples of resilience and mettle on display. The quickest way out of a mess, she insisted, was to lean into your faith, and get straight through it. Sports exemplified that." We can all use a good story on the above mentioned to encourage us, especially with all that's going on around us. Canzano: A final lesson in perseverance from Sister D WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM "Keep telling the stories people need to hear."

Instead of BSU I would invite BYU. They are good in athletics and ranked #21 in academics amongst colleges. They have a great fan base as well as a big rival with Utah. Or keep both and invite either Cincinnati, UCF or WV. These 3 schools might be too far geographically to work. But who knows. The issue with this, would it draw enough finances for each school to be worth it? I hate what is happening to College sports. Which is the better way for Oregon? Go to the Big 10 if invited or stay and form a super conference with other schools? Both ways has issues to consider. If Oregon has a choice they would go to the Big 10. it's where the money is as well as getting to the playoffs or to a New Year 6 bowl.

If you go down to about the last 3/4 of the article, he is going to interview with Yogi Roth live on his podcast today. But what I think would be interesting, John is forming a new alliance with Jon Wilner. They've signed on with Alpha Media, creating a podcast called "Canzano & Wilner." It seems you might have to subscribe. Canzano: College football waits for the trickle down of TV money WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM FCS funds programs with payday games

There are so many analysts making contradicting predictions in conference realignments makes your head spin. None of them, I am sure, knows anything. This one for example which was mentioned before at least makes sense. Conference Talk: Are We Finally Starting to Make Sense? - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Everyone discussing it. Everyone has a source. Everyone knows what’s going to happen with conference realignment. Except they don’t. I finally am starting to see news hit on Twitter that actually...

I could be wrong, but I believe because this is the Chick-fil-A kickoff game labeled neutral site, referees are suppose to be neutral as well. Most likely from either the ACC or Big 12 conference. Or possibly the refs in the game could be either SEC or Pac-12 refs and the instant replay ref would be the opposite.

GK left the door ajar just in case UCLA has second thoughts because of political pressures. But it really is political posturing by the governor and the UC regents. Doubt any of this posturing will deter UCLA from going to the Big 10. Canzano: UCLA gone? Yup, but Pac-12 leaves door ajar anyway WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM Conference making contingency plans.

I agree with those expressing their delight with such a high class site that is the FishDuck Oregon Sports Community with all that it has to offer! I also give this site a 5 star rating! Thankful for all the existing writers, new writers and others that make this site contagious to join! You will never be disappointed! Go Ducks, Fly High!!

I agree! Don't want a long contract. Oregon needs to wait and hold out from signing a contractual agreement as long as possible. If Oregon runs out of time and have to sign, they need to have concessions in the contract that would be beneficial enough for them.

Nice listening to one on one interviews with coaches, commissioner and a few athletes. Canzano: Come with me for a 1-on-1 with the Pac-12 WWW.JOHNCANZANO.COM 15 interviews in one place...